I cherished every one of his books, and I dearly wish he had written some more. Where others were chanting, "Burn, baby burn", he talked about love, and peace and understanding. He coined the phrase, "Make love, not war". Shoot, I'd play for nothing!Īnnie Kinsella: Terence Mann was a voice of reason during a time of great madness. It was the crowd, rising to their feet when the ball was hit deep. brass spittoons in the lobbies, brass beds in the rooms. Shoeless Joe: I used to love travelling on the trains from town to town. Did you ever hold a ball or a glove to your face? Ray: Yeah. I'd wake up at night with the smell of the ball park in my nose, the cool of the grass on my feet. I've heard that old men wake up and scratch itchy legs that have been dust for over fifty years. Ray: I bet it's good to be playing again, huh? Shoeless Joe: Getting thrown out of baseball was like having part of me amputated. This was ranked #39 of the 100 most memorable American movie quotations of all time in a poll by the American Film Institute.ĭialogue I'd wake up at night with the smell of the ball park in my nose, the cool of the grass on my feet.A corn field…in Iowa.The Voice If you build it, he will come. We believe winning has roots no matter what field you’re on, and the legacy of legendary performance comes from generations of meeting challenges head-on with persistence, passion, and team support.”įirst pitch is slated for 7:15 p.m. And with DEKALB brand’s deep legacy of providing performance to farmers, it really only makes sense that these two American classics, baseball and the famous winged ear of corn come together. “We’re honored to be the official corn seed of MLB at the Field of Dreams. Jamie Horton, DEKALB brand manager, says they’re very excited about working with Major League Baseball. So, I think this is a nice place to carry that message forward, but education as part of what we do because if we’re not telling our story, how can anyone really know the good things we do and what impacts we can have so that future generations can enjoy this planet as well as we do today.”Īnd the corn that surrounds the Field of Dreams will be DEKALB brand corn. What we would like for folks to know is that the feedstock of many of their consumable food and fuel items, that corn is being raised sustainable and environmentally sound and that’s a very big focus for farmers. “Consumer outreach is always a top priority for farmers. He adds that the Field of Dreams game is a great way to promote the hard work corn farmers do for consumers. “When you look at this being played in a cornfield in Iowa, that just makes a corn farmers heart sing,” says National Corn Growers Association Chairman John Linder. They’re hoping for even more viewers this Thursday night when the Chicago Cubs take on the Cincinnati Reds. Nearly 6 million viewers turned on Fox to watch White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson hit a walk-off homerun into the corn in the bottom of the ninth. Major League Baseball capitalized on that in 2021 when the New York Yankees squared off against my Chicago White Sox in Dyersville, Iowa at the iconic movie location. That movie forever tied baseball to corn. “Is this heaven?” That’s the iconic question posed to Ray Kinsella in the acclaimed 1989 film Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, and James Earl Jones.
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